Bolling Family Cemetery, below winery on Winery Rd SW (SR 777), down old farm lane, in grove of trees on left, Floyd Co., VA.

aka Valentine Hylton Cemetery although his Death Cert give “Bowling” cemetery as his POB – place of burial.

Last known visit & photo documented Feb 2025 by S. G.

still need coordinates for accurate map

(src: google maps)

src: FAG; photo added by S. G. Feb 2025 with this comment “Located in Floyd County, VA about 1/2 mile west of Blue Ridge Parkway. There are many graves marked wirth crude stones and no inscriptions.”

src: FAG; photo added by S. G. Feb 2025 with this comment “Located in Floyd County, VA about 1/2 mile west of Blue Ridge Parkway. There are many graves marked wirth crude stones and no inscriptions.”

Original Source: Cemeteries Floyd (Montgomery) County, VA Burks Fork District Volume II Compiled by Phyllis Goad Phillips And Genevieve Cochran Starkey. 99 of 109 Cemeteries, pg 101-102. Added with permission of Genevieve Cochran Starkey May 2021.

Published Materials:

Cemeteries Floyd (Montgomery) County, VA Indian Valley District Volume I by Elza B. Cox & Phyllis G. Phillips ©1980. Added with permission of Elza B. Cox Nov. 2022.

Floyd (Montgomery) County, VA Burks Fork District Volume II Compiled by Phyllis Goad Phillips And Genevieve Cochran Starkey 1st  of 109 Cemeteries pg 1-2. Added with permission of Genevieve Cochran Starkey May 2021.

Tombstone Inscriptions of Floyd County, Virginia ~ Compiled by Donna J. Robertson ~ © 1993

Head of the River, Rest Vale, Copper Hill Brethren, Wilson’s ~ Cemeteries in Floyd County ~ Work compiled by Billy & Juanita Grice, Salem, VA 1886-1997

Others submitted to original Floyd County, VA News List 1st maintained by Barb Stanley (1934-2006); compilers will be individually identified.

Find A Grave Name: Valentine Hylton Cemetery, Floyd Co., VA. Located about ˝ mile west of Blue Ridge Parkway.

Many graves marked with crude stones & no inscriptions.

Annotations – added May 2021 by Barb Camery Reininger

Annotations in Red – correction to original text by Barb Camery Reininger

+ indicates on same tombstone

& indicates a relationship

Annotations – added by Barb Camery Reininger BootsWI@gmail.com

+ indicates on same tombstone

& indicates a relationship

FAG: Find a Grave

[Death Record n/a] Floyd Co., VA Death Records n/a 1863-1864 & parts of other years seeming to be missing.

[Death Cert n/a] Virginia Death Records, with some exceptions, not available 1899-Jun 14, 1912. src: Virginia Vital Records • FamilySearch]

Notes:

Photo

NAME

Original survey

BIRTH

DEATH

MARKER NOTES

ANNOTATIONS

Initials M. J. B.

src: FAG; photo added by S. G. Feb 2025

Bolling, Mary J.

yes

30 Jun 1825

11 Jan 1885

Wife of

N. G. Bolling

nee Mary Jane Burnette, d/o Moses & Nancy (Terry) Burnett. [1885 Floyd Death Register] [obit - can’t find] [Burnett_Moses_Nancy]

m. 1843 Patrick

Nathan Gabriel Bolling, s/o Nancy Bolling. [1896 Floyd Death Register] [obit - can’t find] [Bolling]

noted in FAG as buried in this cemetery; marker not found in original survey or in 2025

Bolling, Nathan Gabriel

no

May 1822

17 Oct  1896

 

Nathan Gabriel Bolling, s/o Nancy Bolling. [1896 Floyd Death Register] [obit - can’t find] [Bolling]

1st m. 1843 Patrick; nee Mary Jane Burnette, d/o Moses & Nancy (Terry) Burnett. [1885 Floyd Death Register] [obit - can’t find] [Burnett_Moses_Nancy]

2nd m. 1889, Elizabeth Carter

src: FAG; photo added by S. G. Feb 2025

Hylton, Joseph D.

yes

20 Mar 1878

16 May 1940

 

aka Joseph Daniel Hylton, s/o Valentine Hylton & 2nd wife Mary Magdaline (Rutledge) Hylton. [Death Cert] [Hylton_HenryT_2wives]

1st m. 1901 Patrick, Nancy Elizabeth “Nanny” Boyd, d/o John Tyler & Lucinda Celia (Hylton) Boyd of Patrick Co., VA. [no file]

2nd m. 1918 Floyd, Joannah Margaret Whorley nee Weddle, d/o John Calvin & Christina M. (Harman) Weddle. [Death Cert] [Weddle_Levi_Katherine] Joanna 1st m. John Booker Whorley, s/o Nancy Whorley. [no file]

 

Martinsville Bulletin, Martinsville, Virginia · Saturday, May 18, 1940

Richmond Times-Dispatch, Richmond, Virginia · Monday, May 20, 1940

The Roanoke Times, Roanoke, Virginia · Saturday, May 18, 1940

src: FAG; photo added by S. G. Feb 2025

 

Hylton, Nanny E.

yes

19 Feb 1883

24 Nov 1912

Wife of

J. D. Hylton

nee Nancy Elizabeth “Nanny” Boyd, d/o John Tyler & Lucinda Celia (Hylton) Boyd of Patrick Co., VA. [Death Cert] [obit - can’t find] [no file]

m. 1901 Patrick,

Joseph Daniel Hylton, s/o Valentine Hylton & 2nd wife Mary Magdaline (Rutledge) Hylton. [Death Cert] [Hylton_HenryT_2wives]

src: FAG; photo added by S. G. Feb 2025

Hylton, Solley L.

yes

06 Dec 1910

09 Jan 1911

Our Baby

Son of

L. P. & D. E. Hylton

Solly L. Hylton, s/o Leroy Paris & Della Emma (Boyd) Hylton. [1911 VA Death Certs n/a] [Hylton_GeorgeB_Sarah]

src: FAG; photo added by S. G. Feb 2025

Hylton, Susanna F.

yes

11 Jul 1903

04 May 1912

Dau. of

J. D. & Nancy Hylton

Susanna Florence Hylton, d/o Joseph Daniel & 1st wife Nancy Elizabeth “Nanny” (Boyd) Hylton. [Death Cert - can’t find] ] [obit - can’t find] [Hylton_HenryT_2wives]

marker not found but noted in original survey

Hylton, Valentine

yes

02 Apr 1849

07 Aug 1939

 

Valentine Hylton, s/o Henry T. & 1st wife Catherine Lucretia (Hylton) Hylton. [Death Cert] [obit - can’t find] [Hylton_HenryT_2wives]

1st m. 1871 Floyd, Lydia Susie Midkiff, d/o Jeremiah & Elizabeth (Townly) Midkiff. [Death not recorded in Floyd Co., VA]

2nd m. 1876 Floyd, Mary Magdaline Popegoy nee Rutledge, d/o James & Susannah (Zieglar) Rutledge. [no file]

by tradition & death cert

McDaniel, Victoria & her baby Alls

yes

1848

23 Feb 1928

 

Nancy Victoria Bolling, d/o Nathan Gabriel & 1st wife Mary Jane (Burnette) Bolling. [Death Cert] [obit – can’t find] [Bolling]

m. abt 1868. (not in Floyd, Franklin or Patrick)

Harvey D. McDaniel, 1838-1914, s/o Alfred Sr & Nancy (Goodin) McDaniel. [McDaniel_AlfredSr_Nancy]. [Death Cert] He 1st m. 1861 Floyd, Elizabeth F. Collings, d/o Francis & Sarah F. (Clark) Collings. [Collings_Francis_Sarah]

by tradition members of the black race

 

yes

 

 

 

 

 

Original Survey:

Cemeteries Floyd (Montgomery) County, VA Burks Fork District Volume II Compiled by Phyllis Goad Phillips And Genevieve Cochran Starkey. 99 of 109 Cemeteries, pg 101-102. Added with permission of Genevieve Cochran Starkey May 2021.

 

Hylton, Joseph D.

b. 3-20-1878, d. 5-16-1940

&

Hylton, Nanny E. nee Boyd, wife of J. D. Hylton

b. 2-19-1883, d. 11-24-1912

 

Hylton, Susanna Florence d/o J. D. & Nancy Hylton

b. 7-11-1903, d. 5-4-1912

 

Bolling, Mary J.

b. 6-30-1825, d. 1-11-1885

 

Hylton, Solley L. s/o L. P. & D. E. Hylton

b. 12-6-1910, d. 1-9-1911

 

Hylton, Valentine

b. 4-2-1849, d. 8-1939

 

Several unmarked graves

 

Traditionally

McDaniel, Victoria & her son Alls

& some members of black race